AS 1735.1-2003 General Requirements
AS 1735.1-2003 General Requirements
AS 1735.1-2003 General Requirements
1—2003
(Incorporating Amendment No. 1)
AS 1735.1—2003
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Originated as AS CA3—1935.
Previous edition 2001.
Sixth edition 2003.
Reissued incorporating Amendment No. 1 (November 2006).
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AS 1735.1—2003 2
PREFACE
This Standard was prepared by the Australian members of the Joint Standards
Australia/Standards New Zealand Committee ME-004, Lift Installations, to supersede
AS 1735.1—2001. After consultation with stakeholders in both countries, Standards
Australia and Standards New Zealand decided to develop this Standard as an Australian
Standard rather than an Australian/New Zealand Standard.
This Standard incorporates Amendment No. 1 (November 2006). The changes required by
the Amendment are indicated in the text by a marginal bar and amendment number against
the clause, note, table, figure or part thereof affected.
The objective of this Standard is to provide general requirements, including definitions of
terms, relevant to various Parts of the AS 1735 series.
Statements expressed in mandatory terms in notes to tables are deemed to be requirements
of this Standard.
The major change in this edition is the inclusion of an Appendix that sets out variations to
BS EN81-2 for its acceptance in Australia as an alternative to AS 1735.3.
The AS 1735 series consist of the following parts:
AS 1735.1 Part 1: General requirements
AS 1735.2 Part 2: Passenger and goods lifts—Electric
AS 1735.3 Part 3: Passenger and goods lifts—Electrohydraulic
AS 1735.4 Part 4: Service lifts—Power-operated
AS 1735.5 Part 5: Escalators and moving walks
AS 1735.7 Part 7: Stairway lifts
AS 1735.8 Part 8: Inclined lifts
AS 1735.9 Part 9: Special purpose industrial lifts
AS 1735.10(Int) Part 10(Int): Tests
AS 1735.11 Part 11: Fire-rated landing doors
AS 1735.12 Part 12: Facilities for persons with disabilities
AS 1735.13 Part 13: Lifts for persons with limited mobility—Manually
powered
AS 1735.14 Part 14: Low-rise platforms for passengers
AS 1735.15 Part 15: Low-rise passenger lifts—Non-automatically
controlled
AS 1735.16 Part 16: Lifts for people with limited mobility—Restricted
use—Automatically controlled
AS 1735.17 Part 17: Lifts for people with limited mobility—Restricted
use—Water-drive
AS/NZS 1735.18 Part 18: Passenger lifts for private residence—Automatically
controlled
The term ‘normative’ has been used in this Standard to define the application of the
appendix to which it applies. A ‘normative’ appendix is an integral part of a Standard.
3 AS 1735.1—2003
CONTENTS
Page
APPENDICES
A1 A VARIATION TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR APPLICATION IN
AUSTRALIA............................................................................................................. 29
B VARIATION TO BS EN 81-2:1998 FOR APPLICATION IN AUSTRALIA ........... 40
AS 1735.1—2003 4
STANDARDS AUSTRALIA
Australian Standard
Lifts, escalators and moving walks
1.1 SCOPE
This Standard prescribes uniform requirements for lifts, escalators and moving walks (as
defined herein).
This Standard does not apply to the following:
(a) Temporary lifts and hoists, used solely for erecting, demolishing, altering, or
repairing buildings or structures in which persons do not travel.
(b) Temporary lifts used for carrying persons or persons and materials in building and
construction work.
(c) Orchestral and stage lifts.
(d) Stacking machines, forklift trucks, and similar portable appliances.
(e) Conveyors used for the handling of materials and goods, such as swing tray elevators,
bucket conveyors, and similar appliances.
(f) Skip-hoists.
(g) Amusement devices.
(h) Loading ramps and dock levellers.
(i) Serial hoists.
(j) Bridge lifting-span lifts.
(k) Railway car lifts.
(l) Ropeways carrying passenger cabs or chairs.
(m) Industrial platform hoists
(n) Hoists used in taxis and people moving road vehicles.
(o) Building maintenance units.
(p) Elevating work platforms.
(q) Manually powered service lifts.
(r) Guided hoists.
1.2 APPLICATION
This Standard is an authoritative source of fundamental principles for application by
responsible and competent persons and organizations. This Standard has no legal authority
in its own right but may acquire legal standing in one or more of the following ways:
(a) Adoption by a statutory authority.
(b) Reference for compliance with the Standard as a contractual requirement.
(c) Claim by a manufacturer or manufacturer’s agent of compliance with the Standard.
This Standard does not impose unnecessary restrictions on design, construction, operation,
testing, maintenance and inspection of lifts, escalators, and moving walks or on the
development and use of new, improved, or unusual methods and materials.
Each requirement in, and amendment to, this Standard and other Parts of AS 1735 apply
after the date on which they are published.
Requirements related to type tests of equipment, insofar as they are more demanding than
the requirements of previous editions, do not apply to equipment previously acceptable to
the statutory authority or other relevant authority having jurisdiction. Imperial dimensions
accepted before metrication will still be accepted. The term ‘new lift installations’ is not
intended to refer to a requirement where a contract for supply and installation had been
entered into prior to the date on which this edition of the Standard was published.
AS
1796 Certification of welders and welding supervisors
1830 Grey cast iron
1831 Ductile cast iron
1832 Malleable cast iron
1939 Degrees of protection provided by enclosures for electrical equipment (IP
code)
2074 Cast steels
2082 Timber—Hardwood—Visually stress-graded for structural purposes
2118 Automatic fire sprinkler systems
2118.1 Part 1: General requirements
2380 Electrical equipment for explosive atmospheres—Explosion and protection
techniques
2380.2 Part 2: Flameproof enclosure d
2758 Aggregates and rock for engineering purposes
2758.1 Part 1: Concrete aggregates
2858 Timber—Softwood—Visually stress-graded for structural purposes
3600 Concrete structures
3972 Portland and blended cements
3990 Mechanical equipment—Steelwork
4058 Precast concrete pipes (pressure and non-pressure)
4130 Polyethylene (PE) pipes for pressure purposes
AS/NZS
1429 Electric cables—Polymeric insulated
1429.1 Part 1: For working voltages 1.9/3.3 (3.6) kV up to and including 19/33
(36) kV
1530 Methods for fire tests on building materials and structures
1530.3 Part 3: Simultaneous determination of ignitability, flame propagation, heat
release and smoke release
1554 Structural welding
1554.1 Part 1: Welding of steel structures
1892 Portable ladders
1892.1 Part 1: Metal
2053 Conduits and fittings for electrical installations
2053.1 Part 1: General requirements
2053.2 Part 2: Rigid plain conduits and fittings of insulating material
2053.3 Part 3: Rigid plain conduits and fittings of fibre-reinforced concrete
material
2053.4 Part 4: Flexible plain conduits and fittings of insulating material
2053.5 Part 5: Corrugated conduits and fittings of insulating material
2053.6 Part 6: Profile-wall, smooth-bore conduits and fittings of insulating
material
2053.7 Part 7: Rigid metal conduits and fittings
2053.8 Part 8: Flexible conduits and fittings of metal or composite material
2269 Plywood—Structural
3000 Electrical installations (known as the Australian/New Zealand Wiring
Rules)
AS/NZS
3187 Approval and test specification —Mineral-insulated metal-sheathed cables
4600 Cold-formed steel structures
61241 Electrical apparatus for use in the presence of combustible dust
61241.1.1 Part 1.1: Electrical apparatus protected by enclosures and surface
temperature limitation—Specification for apparatus
(IEC 61241-1-1:1999)
SAI/NZS
HB 18.58 Guideline for third-party certification and accreditation—Guide 58—
Calibration and testing laboratory’s accreditation systems—General
requirements for operation and recognition
BCA Building Code of Australia
BS
3601 Specification for carbon steel pipes and tubes with specified room
temperature properties for pressure purposes
3602 Specification for steel pipes and tubes for pressure purposes: carbon and
carbon manganese steel with specified elevated temperature properties
3602.1 Part 1: Specification for seamless and electric resistance welded including
induction welded tubes
3602.2 Part 2: Specification for longitudinally arc welded tubes
3603 Specification for carbon and alloy steel pipes and tubes with specified low
temperature properties for pressure purposes
3604 Specification for steel pipes and tubes for pressure purposes: ferritic alloy
steel with specified elevated temperature properties
3604.1 Part 1: Specification for seamless and electric resistance welded tubes
3604.2 Part 2: Specification for longitudinally arc welded tubes
A1
BS EN
81 Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts
81-1:2000 Part 1: Electric lifts, including EN81-1/A2 (2005)
81-2:1998 Part 2: Hydraulic lifts, including EN81-2/A2 (2005)
ASME
A17.1:2004 Part 2: For electric elevators
A17.1:2004 Part 3: For hydraulic elevators
Escalator
A power-driven, inclined, continuous stairway used for raising or lowering standing
passengers.
Fire-rated
Having a fire-resistance level as determined by the relevant fire test methods given in
AS 1530.
Fire-rated landing door
A single or multi-panel doorset, which, except when varied as permitted by the
requirements of any part of this Standard, is identical in assembly, construction, and
installation with a prototype that has been submitted to the relevant fire test as set out in
AS 1735.11.
Fire-resistance level (FRL)
The measured time, in minutes, that the material or construction will withstand fire
exposure as determined by fire-resistance tests conducted in accordance with AS 1530.
Fire-resisting construction
A method of construction that prevents or retards the passage of hot gases or flames as
defined by the fire-resistance rating.
Governor rope
A rope that is suitably attached to a car (or counterweight where fitted with safety gear) and
arranged to drive the overspeed governor and actuate the safety gear, when required.
Governor, speed (escalator or moving walk)
An automatic device that causes an escalator or moving walk to stop by the operation of an
electric contact or contacts, in the event of the speed exceeding a predetermined limit.
Governor, speed (lift)
An automatic device that brings a lift car or counterweight to rest by operating the safety
gear, in the event of the speed exceeding a predetermined limit. The speed governor may
include electrical contacts.
Handrail
A power-driven moving rail for passengers to grip while using an escalator or moving walk.
Handrail guard
A guard for the moving handrail at the point where the handrail enters or leaves the
balustrading of an escalator or moving walk.
Inching device, manual
A mechanism that will move the car within the inching zone towards the landing, but not
away from it, when controlled by the operator by means of up and down continuous
pressure switches.
Installation
A complete lift, escalator, or moving walk including its liftwell, liftwell enclosure and
related construction, and all machinery and equipment necessary for its operation.
Laboratory
A body that calibrates and/or tests, and is accredited in accordance with HB 18.58.
Landing
That portion of a floor, balcony or platform that is used to receive and discharge passengers
and/or goods or materials.
Landing, bottom
The lowest landing entrance served by the lift under the control of the operating device and
affording ordinary access between the lift car and that landing.
Landing button (call button)
A button or other manual device located at a landing which, when actuated, causes a car to
stop at that floor. This button may also cause a lift to start.
Landing entrance
The opening in a liftwell enclosure affording ordinary access between the landing and the
lift car and which is opened and closed by a door.
Landing, top
The highest landing entrance served by the lift under the control of the operating device and
affording ordinary access between the lift car and that landing.
Landing zone
A zone extending above and below the landing by a specified distance.
Levelling (or anti-creep) device
A mechanism associated with electrohydraulic lifts, which will automatically correct a
change in the car level caused by leakage in the hydraulic system.
Levelling device, car
A mechanism that will automatically move the car within the levelling zone towards the
landing only and automatically stop the car at the landing.
Levelling zone
The limiting distance above or below a landing within which the levelling device may cause
movement of the car towards the landing.
Lift
An apparatus or contrivance within or attached to a building or structure, comprising a
platform or car running between approximately vertical guides and used for the purpose of
raising or lowering passengers and/or goods or materials.
NOTE: Also known as elevator.
Lift, electric
A power lift in which the motion of the platform or car is obtained from an electric motor
mechanically coupled to the hoisting mechanism.
Lift, electrohydraulic
A power lift in which the motion of the platform or car is obtained from the action of liquid
under pressure acting on a piston or ram, the pressure being generated by a pump driven by
an individual electric motor.
NOTE: Also known as oil-electric lift.
Lift, goods
A lift used for carrying goods or materials and in which only the attendant and the persons
required to load and unload are intended (or permitted) to travel.
Lift, hand power
A lift in which the motion of the platform or car is obtained solely through manual energy.
Lift, hydraulic
A power lift in which the motion of the platform or car is obtained from the action of liquid
under pressure acting on a piston or ram.
Lift, inclined
A power-operated device consisting of a car for raising or lowering passengers or goods on
a rigid guide or guides fixed on an inclined plane.
Lift, motor vehicle
A lift that is specially designed to raise and lower motor vehicles.
Lift, overslung
A lift in which the lifting rope fastenings or lifting rope sheaves are attached to the
crosshead or top member of the car frame.
Lift, passenger
A lift used primarily to carry passengers other than the operator and persons necessary for
loading and unloading.
Lift, power
A lift in which the motion of the platform or car is obtained through the application of any
form of energy other than manual or gravitational.
Lift, private
A lift for use on the site of a private residence and intended for the convenience of a single-
family household unit.
Lift, public
A lift other than one classified as private.
Lift rack
A lift in which the driving machine is mounted on the car, and has pinions engaging a fixed
vertical rack in the liftwell.
Lift, service
A lift designed to carry goods or materials only and controlled from outside the liftwell.
Lift, service, endless chain suspension (travel self-limiting)
A service lift with the car suspended from an attachment fitting on an endless chain which
passes around chain wheels or diverting pulleys at the top and the bottom of the liftwell,
with the attachment fitting being capable of passing around the chain wheels or diverting
pulleys at both ends of the liftwell. The movement of this fitting is such that if the machine
continues to run in the same direction, after the car has reached a terminal landing, the car
will automatically reverse its direction, thus limiting the car travel. The electrical control
system provides for either single direction or reverse direction operation of the machine
(see item A in Figure 1).
Machine, gearless
A driving machine in which power is transmitted to the driving sheave from the motor
without intermediate reduction gearing.
Machine room
The enclosed space or, if self-contained, the room used to house the driving machine (of a
lift, escalator, or moving walk) and any associated equipment that is required to be
similarly located.
NOTE: It may be necessary for a machine room to have two or more levels.
Machine room stop switch
A switch that is manually operated so as to open the control circuit and stop a lift, and
installed in a machine room, sheave room, secondary floor, or similar space.
Machine, traction
A driving machine in which the motion of the car is obtained through friction between the
suspension ropes and the sheave.
May
The word ‘may’ implies the right to use discretionary power.
Mechanic, lift
A person selected by the owner or lessee of a building or a person selected by an
organization or company responsible for the erection, inspection, maintenance, or repair of
a lift, who is qualified to carry out any or all of these operations.
Moving walk
A power-driven device of which the passenger-carrying surface (i.e. the treadway) remains
parallel to its direction of motion and is uninterrupted.
Moving walk, accelerating
A moving walkway on which the passenger’s crossing is accelerated at the entry end,
carried at a higher speed for the major part of the trip and, thence, decelerated at the egress
end.
Moving walk, belt pallet type
A moving walk having a series of connected pallets to which a continuous belt treadway is
fastened.
Moving walk, belt type
A moving walk having a belt treadway.
Moving walk, edge-supported belt type
A moving walk having the treadway supported near its edges by a succession of rollers.
Moving walk, pallet type
A moving walk having a series of rigid platforms which together form an articulated
treadway or support a continuous treadway.
Moving walk, roller-bed type
A moving walk having the treadway supported throughout its width by a succession of
rollers.
Moving walk, slider-bed type
A moving walk having the treadway sliding upon a low-friction supporting surface.
Rated load
The load which the lift is designed and installed to lift or move at the rated speed.
Rated speed (contract speed):Electrohydraulic lifts
The speed at which rated load is designed to be carried in the upward direction.
Rated speed (contract speed):Passenger, goods, and service electric lifts
The mean of the speeds in the upward and downward directions when carrying rated load,
acceleration and retardation being disregarded.
Rated speed (escalator and moving walk)
The design speed for unloaded running conditions.
Regulatory authorities
See statutory authorities.
Relay
An electromagnetically operated switch for making or breaking a control or auxiliary
circuit.
Residential building
Any building or portion of any building in which persons may reside, except a building
containing only a caretaker’s quarters.
Rheostatic control
A system of control accomplished by varying resistances in the armature or the field circuit
of a d.c. driving machine motor, or by varying a resistance or a reactance in the stator or the
motor circuit of an a.c. driving machine motor.
Rope equalizer, suspension
A device installed on a car or counterweight to equalize automatically the tensions in the
suspension ropes.
Rope, suspension
A rope by which any car or counterweight is suspended.
Roping, multiple (or roped)
A system of roping where, in order to obtain a multiplying factor from the machine to the
car, multiple falls of rope are run around sheaves on the car, counterweight, or both. It
includes roping arrangements of 2:1, 3:1, etc.
Safety gear
A mechanical device, attached to the car frame, or to the counterweight frame, to stop and
hold the car or counterweight under one or more of the following conditions: predetermined
overspeed, free fall, or if the suspension ropes slacken.
Safety rope
An auxiliary rope attached either to the car and counterweight or to the car and a fixed point
for the purpose of tripping a safety gear in case of breakage of the suspension (see
Figure 2).
Screw drive
A drive in which the motion of the car or platform is obtained directly by means of the
rotation of a screw or nut.
Secondary floor
That floor immediately below the machine room floor, which is used to house sheaves
and/or auxiliary equipment.
Shall
Indicates that a statement is mandatory.
Sheave
A grooved wheel around which one or more ropes are arranged to pass.
Sheave room
The room, not necessarily associated with the machine room, at the top of the liftwell, used
to house overhead sheaves and/or auxiliary equipment.
Should
Indicates a recommendation.
Side members (of car frame)
The members connecting the crosshead to the platform or the underbeam, or both.
NOTE: Also known as stiles.
Signal system, lift
A system consisting of buttons or other devices located at the landings, which, when
actuated by a waiting person, causes a visual or audible indication, or both, that the lift has
been called.
Skirting
A vertical portion of the balustrade adjacent to the outer edge of the escalator steps or
moving walk treadway.
Slope
The angle that the treadway of a moving walk makes with the horizontal.
Solid-state device
An element, without moving parts, that is able to control the flow of electrical current.
Static power control
Control of motor drive functions by solid-state electrical devices applied in the main power
circuit of the lift motor.
Statutory authority
Any government body or territorial authority that is responsible for the control, testing and
inspection of lifts, escalators and moving walks installations and matters connected
therewith.
Stop switch
A switch designed to open the control circuit and so cause the lift car to stop.
Stored energy pumping system
The pumping system that provides stored fluid pressure to raise the lift car, e.g.,
accumulator.
Supervisory panel
An assembly of devices, usually at a principal landing, providing means for observing the
movement of a lift or a group of lifts, or controlling the manner in which it or they function.
Switch, broken rope
A switch designed to open the control circuit if one or more of the suspension ropes break.
Switch, normal limit
A switch, operated directly or indirectly by the movement of the car, to slow down and stop
the car automatically at or near the terminal landing, independently of the functioning of the
operating device.
Switch, overtravel limit
A limit switch operated by the movement of the car, to cause the power to be automatically
removed from the lift motor and any brake, independently of the functioning of the normal
limit switches, the operating device, or any terminal speed checking and stopping device,
after the car has passed the top or bottom landing.
Switch, overtravel main current
The main current switch operated by the movement of the car to cause the power to be
removed from the lift motor and any brake, after the car has passed the top and bottom
landing.
Switch, slack rope
A switch designed to open the control circuit when any or all of the suspension ropes
slacken.
Telescopic rams and cylinders
An arrangement of rams and cylinders, which may be of different diameters, working in
synchronism. They may be hydraulically or mechanically synchronized for equal speed.
3.2 CASTINGS
3.2.1 Steel castings
Carbon steel castings shall comply with AS 2074.
3.2.2 Grey iron castings
Grey iron castings shall comply with AS 1830.
3.2.3 Malleable iron castings
Malleable iron castings shall comply with AS 1832.
3.2.4 Spheroidal or nodular graphite iron castings
Spheroidal or nodular graphite iron castings shall comply with AS 1831.
In the designing of components to be made of spheroidal or nodular graphite cast iron and
subject to shock stress, account shall be taken of the fact that the nominal impact strength
of spheroidal graphite iron is only one-third that of cast low carbon steel; in particular, the
design and machining of components shall be such as will avoid excessive stress
concentrations or notch effects in any region.
NOTE: For the purpose of this requirement, shock is deemed to occur when a stress is developed
substantially instantaneously; for example, when a rapidly moving lever strikes a rigid stop.
Shock is not deemed to occur with stresses which, although rapidly developed, are mitigated by
the interposition of a resilient member such as a suspension rope. In the latter case, application of
relevant live load factors is sufficient.
3.3 TIMBER
3.3.1 Material
Timber shall comply with the following Standards, as appropriate, or with other relevant
Australian standards:
(a) AS 2082
(b) AS/NZS 2269
(c) AS 2858
3.3.2 Permissible stresses
The calculated stresses on timber members shall not exceed the permissible stresses given
in AS 1720 series of Standards.
In the calculation of such stresses, special allowance for dynamic effects and fluctuating
loads need not be made except where the stress due to such effects exceeds the live load
stress.
To allow for sag in timber beams, that is to compute the effective design loading of timber
beams, the dead load shall be multiplied by 3 when calculating average deflection; for
example, for calculation purposes, effective timber beam design load = 3 × (dead load +
live load).
Where structures are exposed to weather or other conditions likely to promote decay, only
timbers suitable for these conditions shall be used.
3.4 CONCRETE
Cement or concrete shall comply with AS 1379, AS 3600, AS 2758.1 and AS 3972, as
appropriate.
3.5 WELDING
Structural steel welding shall comply with AS/NZS 1554.1 category SP. Any welding of
load-supporting members shall be carried out by welders who hold the appropriate
certificate as specified in AS 1796.
APPENDIX A
A1
VARIATION TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR APPLICATION IN
AUSTRALIA
(Normative)
A1 GENERAL
This Appendix sets out the variations to be applied to the following Standards:
(a) BS EN 81-1:2000 Part 1: Electric lifts, including EN81-1/A2 (2005).
(b) BS EN 81-1:2000 Part 2: Hydraulic lifts, including EN81-2/A2 (2005).
(c) ASME A17.1:2004 Part 2: For electric elevators.
(d) ASME A17.1:2004 Part 3: For hydraulic elevator.
Paragraph A2 lists the requirements that are to be incorporated in the design and
construction of the building and in the design and installation of the equipment for use in
Australia.
Paragraph A3 sets out the minimum safety requirements and requirements for the design
and construction of a building that houses a lift. This Appendix should be read in
conjunction with the latest version of the Building Code of Australia and other relevant
building and services regulations and Standards.
A1 A2.14.2 Keys
Identically cut keys shall be used for all fire service control switches in the building. These
keys shall be differently cut from other keys used for the lifts.
A2.14.3 Passenger controlled lifts and lifts arranged for dual operation
Each group of lifts shall be provided with one fire service recall control switch, which shall
be—
(a) located at the floor nominated by the lift purchaser as directed by the statutory
authority having jurisdiction (hereafter referred to, in this Appendix, as the
‘nominated floor’);
(b) labelled ‘FIRE SERVICE ’ in indelible white lettering on a red background;
(c) a two position switch with an ‘OFF’ and an ‘ON’ position clearly identified; and
(d) operable only by the use of a key that is removable in either the ‘OFF’ position or the
‘ON’ position.
Adhesive labels shall not be allowed for the requirements of Item (b) or (c).
A2.14.4 Fire service recall operation
Fire service recall operation shall be initiated by either switching the fire service recall
control switch described in Paragraph A2.14.3 to ‘ON’ or, with the agreement of the
statutory authority having jurisdiction, a signal from a fire management system.
Upon initiation of the fire recall operation, except for lifts on inspection service or lifts with
the car fire service drive control switch (see Paragraph A2.14.7) in the ‘ON’ position, the
following shall occur to every lift within the group:
(a) All registered car and landing calls shall be cancelled.
(b) Door reopening devices that may be affected by smoke shall be rendered inoperative.
(c) Lift cars travelling toward the nominated floor shall continue non-stop to the
nominated floor.
(d) Lift cars travelling away from the nominated floor shall stop at or before the next
available floor without opening the doors (either automatically or by the door open
button), reverse direction and travel non-stop to the nominated floor.
(e) Lifts stopped at a floor other than the nominated floor shall close the doors and travel
non-stop to the nominated floor.
(f) Lifts shall park at the nominated floor with the doors open.
If the fire services recall control switch is switched to the ‘OFF’ position during or after the
fire service recall operation, all lifts (except those on inspection service or with car fire
service control switch in the ‘ON’ position) may return to normal service.
A2.14.5 Multi-compartment installations
Means shall be provided in multi-compartment installations to inform the fire officer that
the fire service drive control switch will not operate until the second compartment has been
cleared of passengers.
Where a fire service lift is of the multi-compartment type, there shall be an appropriate
method of ensuring both decks are clear of passengers and the door of the deck not
containing the fire service drive control switch shall be closed and made inoperative while
the lift is on fire service drive control.
A1 For suspension and compensation ropes, the attachments shall be threaded at either the car
end or the counterweight end, to permit individual adjustment of the rope lengths.
Suspension ropes shall not be terminated using bulldog clips.
A2.16 Car lighting
The lift car interior lighting shall be designed to ensure that the failure of any one lighting
component will not render the entire car lighting inoperative. The tripping of the lighting
circuit breaker due to a fault is not considered a single failure.
A2.17 Classes of loading
A2.17.1 General
Goods lifts shall be designed for one of the classes given in Paragraphs 17.2 to 17.4 as
applicable.
A2.17.2 Class A general goods loading
Class A loading applies where the load is distributed, the mass of any single piece of goods
or of any single hand truck and its load is no more than one-quarter of the rated load of the
lift, and the load is handled on and off the car platform manually or by means of hand
trucks. For this class of loading, the rated load shall be based on not less than 250 kg/m2 of
inside net platform area.
A2.17.3 Class B motor vehicle loading
Class B loading applies where the lift is used solely to carry motor trucks or passenger cars
up to the rated capacity of the lift. For this class of loading, the rated load shall be based on
not less than 150 kg/m 2 of inside net platform area.
A2.17.4 Class C heavy goods loading
A2.17.4.1 General
Class C loading applies where the loading from heavy goods exceeds Class A loading,
where power or hand trucks are used for carrying the load in transit or only for loading and
unloading the lift, or where other concentrated loads are carried. For this class of loading,
the following requirements apply:
(a) Rated load The rated load shall be the greatest of the following:
(i) 250 kg/m 2 of inside net platform area.
(ii) The load to be carried in the lift, including the mass of the heaviest truck to be
carried with the load.
(iii) Two-thirds of the heaviest load imposed on the platform, where an industrial
truck is supported only while loading or unloading the lift car.
(b) Maximum platform load The maximum platform load that the lift is designed to
sustain shall be equal to the sum of the load carried by the lift plus the load imposed
by the industrial truck used only for loading and unloading.
The maximum platform load shall be not less than the rated load of the lift nor greater than
150% of the rated load.
Where re-levelling is provided, the lift shall be capable of re-levelling the maximum
platform load as shown on the load notice.
The driving machine, motor, brake, traction and, for hydraulic lifts, the hydraulic and
suspension equipment shall be adequate to sustain and level the maximum platform load for
which the lift is designed. This load shall be clearly shown on the load notice in the lift car.
NOTE: Where the entire rated load is loaded or unloaded by an industrial truck in increments, the
load imposed on the car platform while the last increment is being loaded or the first increment is
being unloaded will exceed the rated load by part of the mass of the empty industrial truck.
A1 Where a security foyer is required in a building, access may be via locked security doors
provided all the following conditions are met:
(a) All doors to revert to the unlocked state in the event of—
(i) power failure; and
(ii) fire alarm.
(b) All locked foyer areas to be monitored by closed circuit television and intercom
system to a 24 h manned location.
A3.3 Landing entrance access lighting
In normal circumstances, the user shall be provided with lighting of the landing in the
vicinity of landing doors. Lighting shall be at least 40 lx average maintained illumination at
floor level, excluding any light from the car interior.
A3.4 Emergency access doors
Where a lift is installed in a single enclosed liftwell having a blind portion between normal
landing entrances greater than 12.2 m, emergency access doors shall be installed. The
following requirements apply to emergency access doors:
(a) The distance between emergency doors shall be not greater than 12.2 m.
(b) They shall be not less than 600 mm wide × 980 mm high (clear opening).
(c) They shall be easily accessible and free from fixed obstructions.
(d) If the door is hinged it shall not open towards the interior of the liftwell.
(e) They shall be self-closing and self-locking.
(f) They shall be marked on the landing side with the following,
‘ DANGER LIFTWELL ACCESS’
‘KEEP FURNITURE AND FIXTURES CLEAR’
(g) Unlocking of the doors from the landing side shall be by means of the mechanic’s
unlocking device.
(h) Each emergency door shall be provided with a positive breaking electrical contact,
wired into the control circuit, which shall prevent movement of the lift until the
emergency door is both closed and locked.
In single enclosed liftwells, where, when the ropes are newly installed, the vertical distance
between the car sill and the landing door head is less than 600 mm and the counterweight is
resting on its fully compressed buffer, emergency egress from the car shall be provided.
The emergency egress shall be in the form of an interlocked door with clear egress
dimensions not less than 600 mm square, accessible from both the car entrance and the car
roof where it is located in the wall of the liftwell. Clear access shall be provided to this
emergency egress door by stairs or inclined ladder complying with AS 1657.
A3.5 Handling of machinery
Lifting points or beams, with indication of the rated capacity, shall be provided in the
machine room, conveniently positioned to facilitate handling of heavy equipment.
Hatches or doors shall be provided to enable the largest equipment components to be moved
to a level served by a lift or be accessible to other mechanical handling means.
Hatches in floors shall comply with the following requirements:
(a) Covers shall be hinged; however, where conditions render the use of hinged covers
impracticable, removable panels may be used. Hinges, if any, shall be of a type that
cannot be unhooked.
A1 (g) Where the liftwell lighting is deemed to be part of the lift installation, it shall be
protected by its own circuit breaker in the machine room and the power supply for the
lighting shall be taken from the line side of the main circuit breaker for the lift.
(h) Where additional floors are provided in the form of auxiliary pit floors, additional
lighting shall be provided at each of the levels.
(i) The highest luminaire shall effectively light the car top when the counterweight is
landed.
(j) A luminaire control switch shall also be located in the machine room or
machine/control equipment enclosure.
A3.9 Shaft construction glass
The minimum thickness of glazing used in the construction of the lift shaft shall comply
with one of the following:
(a) 10 mm laminated glass with (0.76 interlayer).
(b) 10 mm toughened/laminated glass with (0.76 interlayer).
(c) 10 mm annealed glass, with a security polyester film coating.
(d) 13 mm polycarbonate.
A3.10 Shaft construction penetration
A liftwell enclosure that is required to have an FRL shall—
(a) have a resistance to piercing that is not less than that of 1.2 mm thick steel;
(b) be constructed so as to have an FRL not less than that required by the Building Code
of Australia (BCA);
(c) be supported and braced so that it is capable of sustaining a force of 450 N applied
horizontally on any 50 mm × 50 mm area without deflecting more than 20 mm; and
(d) be of masonry or non-brittle material.
APPENDIX B
VARIATION TO BS EN 81-2:1998 FOR APPLICATION IN AUSTRALIA
(Normative)
‘Not Applicable’
AS 1735.1—2003
REVISED TEXT
SUMMARY: This Amendment applies to Clauses 1.3, 1.4 and Appendices A and B.
Published on 23 November 2006.
AS 1735.1—2003 42
NOTES
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AS 1735.1—2003 44
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